Clarion 1969-03-20 Vol 43 No 22

by Faith Zwemke
A potentially stimulating adventure in expression,
interpretation, and communication is scheduled for
April 1 and 2. Students will have the opportunity
to be involved in Bethel's 1st Annual Forensic
Festival sponsored by the speech department.
The Festival evolves from a desire to provide, on
a local level, an opportunity for experienced and
particularly novice speakers to, in the words of
Donald Rainbow, "catch the excitement and challenge
of contest speaking."
In addition to this, the sponsors feel that in a
world becoming more and more dependent on com-munication
it is essential that individuals increase
and perfect their communicating skills.
The contest is open to all Bethel students, and
students may enter in one or more of the seven
events. These include extemporaneous speaking, origi-nal
oratory, rhetorical criticism, after-dinner speak-ing,
prose interpretation, poetry interpretation, and
readers' theatre.
In keeping with the season, after-dinner speakers
will have the privilege of expounding on the topic
"April Fool." The number of contestants in each
area is unlimited, and therefore competition will
depend on student interest.
A highlight of the Festival will be Wednesday
evening, April 2. A banquet for all participants will
be held and awards will be presented to the finalists
in all events except after-dinner speaking. These
finalists will give their presentations at the banquet.
Trophies will be awarded to first place winners,
and certificates will go to second and third place
winners. A unique feature of the tournament re-volves
around an individual sweepstakes award.
This award will be given to the contestant with the
highest number of total points. Points may be ac-cumulated
in the following manner: 1 point for each
event entered; 4 points for first place; 3 points for
second place, and 2 points for third place.
As in every contest, judges are a must, and thus
far an impressive panel of judges have been selected.
These are: Gerald Healy, English professor; Fred
Lund, seminary student and former debate coach; Jim
Conway, seminarian and graduate of Bethel speech
department; Dennis Smith, speech major at the Uni-versity
of Minnesota, and Mrs. Margaret Dewey,
Bethel librarian. In addition to these, other judges
may be added. Contestants will be judged primarily
on their interpretation and delivery of the selection.
In order that the events can be scheduled proper-ly,
the deadline for registration has been set for
Tues. March 25. Registrations and questions should
be given to Marg Erickson, speech major and director
of the tournament, or any of the speech instructors.
CONDUCTS OWN COMPOSITION
Edwin Willmington, Bethel senior, conducts a rehearsal
in preparation for Friday night's band concert. One of his
compositions, "The Turmoil of Triumph," will be included
in the program.
Vol. XLIII—No. 22
Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn. Thursday, March 20, 1969
Festival stirs April Fools excitement
Speech House plans forensics meet
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
Marg Erickson, director of Bethel's first annual Forensics
Festival, examines some trophies in the speech house as she
makes plans for awards in the upcoming meet.
Students declare for offices;
contenders debate tonight
Band concert features
contemporary pieces
Candidates for 'Bethel College
Student Association President and
vice-president are expected to be
present at an open forum in the
coffee shop this evening, beginning
at 9:30 p.m.
Dennis Olson will moderate the
program at which students with
questions for candidates will be
able to ask them, as well as hear
brief speeches from each one.
According to official sources,
candidates for Association Presi-dent
who had declared by the Mon-day
deadline were David A. Shupe,
Thomas W. Mesaros, Charles Myr-bo,
Bruce Otto and Ronald L. Roper.
(Sarah Robertson's name was also
listed among the official declared
candidates. However, she told the
Clarion Tuesday that she had not
declared her own candidacy and
does not plan to file petitions.)
Vice-Presidential candidates are
Gregory Russell Saracoff, John D.
by Marjorie Rusche
A projected reduction of $31.5
million in federal funds in Nation-al
Student Defense Loans will have
a marked effect upon Bethel stu-dents
if Congress adopts the pro-posed
budget for next year.
"Receiving money for grants,
loans, scholarships from the feder-al
government is a very complicat-ed
affair," according to James
Bragg, director of financial aids.
Bragg noted that National Student
Defense Loans, scholarships, and
other financial aids are granted be-fore
the school knows exactly how
much funds are coming through.
Throughout the year, a commit-tee
of the Office of Education in
Kansas City sends the school es-timates
on how much money they
Goodman, Maurice Zaffke, and
Richard Berggren. Candidates for
Senator-at-large include Wendell
Wahlin, A. Dean Pearson, Marjorie
M. Rusche, Patricia Faxon, and El-don
John Elseth.
The class of 1970's three seats
are being sought by Steven Lam-brides,
Linda Sparks, Pamela Nor-dell,
and Janet Hurt. The three
seats of the Class of 1971 have been
declared for by Karen Anne Nelson
andDouglas F. Warring. The Class
of 197 has Wendell Wahlin, Thomas
Ford, Philip E. Humbert, and Le-land
Granlund as candidates for
its four seats.
A primary election will be ne-cessary
for Association President
and Vice-President if all the declar-ed
candidates maintain their candi-dacy.
The primary will be Friday
from noon to 4 p.m. concurrent to
the referendum on the questions of
women's housing.
feel will actually come through
from the federal government. Last
March funds were estimated at
$73,294; last August $70,300. In
December, 1968, the school finally
received word of what funds would
be received for '67-68 — $73,413.
Bethel had originally applied for
$131,715.00.
For the year '69-70, Bethel has
applied for $132,527.70 in govern-ment
funds. "The first estima-tion
of what Bethel actually will
receive should be coming shortly,"
Bragg stated. "Reports are out that
Minnesota schools will get approx-imately
62% of their requests."
If students are interested in re-ceiving
financial aid for next
year, they should pick up a Par-
Tuition increase
is announced
I long-anticipated announce-ment
of a tuition increase for
1969-'70 came to Bethel students
this morning via letters in in-dividual
P.O.'s.
The $75 tuition increase per
semester, determined this week
after final budget planning, will
raise total tuition cost to $1,450
per year.
Contrary to earlier specula-tions,
no room and board in-crease
was cited. It was noted
that the amount would cover in
its entirety the proposed semes-ter-
interim-semester program.
Also, somewhat antidotal to
the raise in tuition, the letter in-formed
students of plans for
granting larger financial aid
packages, hiring a full-time
counselor and "over-all upgrad-ing"
of Bethel's educational
program.
ents' Confidential Statement and
a blue Financial Aids form as
soon as possible. Students receiv-ing
aid last year must re-apply.
The dealine for receiving applica-tions
is May 1.
The Financial Aids office is pres-ently
giving out awards to incoming
freshmen, instead of waiting until
May as has been done in past
years. This should reduce the num-ber
of "no shows" in September,
Bragg said.
A description of the various fi-nancial
aids available to students
will be forthcoming in students'
P.O.'s from the Financial Aids Of-fice.
Information concerning finan-cial
aids is also given on pages 50-
60 of the college catalogue.
Contemporary music will be fea-tured
at the annual concert of
Bethel College Concert Band at 8
p.m. Friday in the fieldhouse.
"Passacaglia," written by Alfred
Reed, a leading composer for band
medium, gives a contemporary set-ting
to one of the oldest forms of
western instrumental music. This
piece follows a traditional form,
making it one of the few examples
of such for the modern concert
band.
Gail Klemetti, flutist and a mu-sic
major from Albuquerque, New
Mexico, will be soloist in "Night
Soliloquy."
A highlight of the concert will
be an original composition, "The
Turmoil of Triumph" composed by
Edwin Wilmington.
Under the direction of Julius
Whitinger, the band will present a
varied program, beginning with a
selection from "Fanfares For the
Common Man." Other selections on
the program include "Overture
from Candide," a many-faceted
piece by Leonard Bernstein; a med-ley
of Negro spirituals; and a
march, "Dawn of Peace."
Several members of the band
will leave their own sections to
play percussion instruments, a few
of which were newly purchased in
time for the concert. Claves, gourd,
temple blocks, timbales, Chinese
gong, timpani, brass drum and
tambourine will combine with the
rest of the band to make "Incan-tation
and Dance" an exciting cli-max
to the evening
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(Editor's note: Instead of the usual
editorial comment, the CLARION
this week gives space to the views
of five students who have declared
for the post of Student Association
President.)
THOMAS W. MESAROS
We at Bethel live in a three-sided
community composed of ad-ministration,
faculty and students.
As a Christian community the ini-tial
bond that ties the three sides
together is our faith in the Lord.
But still there are times of dis-content
and rumbles between these
groups.
Name calling, gossip, unsound
accusations and worst of all judge-ments
of our fellows' faith still
arise within our community.
A goal we should consider for
the coming year is establishing a
campus community with mutual re-spect.
We must work together on an
equal plane; one side can not
expect to dominate over the other
two or two sides form a majority
tyranny over the third. But in the
framework of understanding, con-sideration,
co-operation and com-promise
we can work to build our
community strong. We must weigh
each problem in consideration of
one another being strong in our
own opinion but open to new
ideas, realities of the past, and
necessary changes.
And we as students have our
own sub-community in which we
dwell everyday. We too, must have
mutual respect among ourselves.
From the Peace Club to the B.W.A.
we should have a unity which can
be applied to the whole communi-
To the editor:
The editorial of March 13, 1969,
about the necessity of giving the
disciplinary committee better
guidelines and the article on the
same page dealing with the hours
for entertaining and curfew in the
women's apartment bilding are re-lated
in an often overlooked way.
Let's be candid with ourselves.
Despite all the rhetoric one reads
(or hears) about the educational or
social benefits of the women's cur-few
(like it gives them more time
to study and it helps teach them to
regulate their social activities and
it keeps them well-protected to
curb parental anxieties), one is
forced to feel that women are dis-criminated
against in this way be-cause
they, unlike men, can become
pregnant. (I hope I have not unduly
alarmed or informed anybody with
the statement of this fact of life.)
And women do not help the public
image of their school one bit by
displaying family tendencies in this
way.
Instead of trusting ladies, who if
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Opinions expressed in the CLARION do not
necessarily reflect the position of the college
or seminary.
ty.
CHUCK MYRBO
As a Christian college in a so-ciety
which seems to be bent ov
rejecting Christianity, Bethel is in
an often difficult, often exciting,
position. As students at a Chris-tian
college, we are in a position
which too often turns out to be
only difficult.
We are on both ends of the
generation gap, and the process of
finding a defensible position on
the fence in the middle somewhere
is often a frustrating one. We are
a part of the fundamental church,
one of the most conservative seg-ments
of society. But we are still
a part of a generation which has
rebelled against even the liberal
segments of that society.
And so we come to Bethel, trying
to find a way to allow our faith
to ease our frustration. And we
become more frustrated, because at
Bethel there is an undercurrent
which defines the ideal student as
the most conservative student. We
can tell what we are "supposed"
to be, and we do not want to be .
that.
If Bethel is to be more exciting
than difficult, it must take a posi-tive
attitude rather than a negative
one, and must redefine the "ideal"
to fit the actual norm.
The senate and the president,
acting as a sort of go-between for
the administration and the student
body, can play an important role
in effecting this change.
BRUCE OTTO
The major role of the Student
Senate and Student Association
President is to represent the stu-they
were not students could live
under their own circumstances, the
spirit of distrust is manifested in
curfew and entertaining regula-tions
at Bethel.
But let us be fair. Although
distrust of one's sisters in Christ
does not seem to 'be a Christian
trait, students here do not set a
perfect example for their faculty
and administration colleagues. We
too may use nice-sounding phrases
to cover it, but our questions about
such things as disciplinary "au-thority"
betray us.
Personally, I am willing to be
frank—I do not trust any disci-plinary
force in this school. And
although I will concede that this
may be a sign of paranoia, this is
a field in which I do not feel iso-lated.
And this distrust also seems
unChristian.
To summarize: Curfew establish-ment,
aside from capitalizing on
possible masochistic traits of the
Bethel female, is based on distrust
of the ladies curfewed. Likewise,
student concern for such things
as procedural due process (as de-monstrated
by common suspicions,
the support many of us give the
Joint Statement, and the Senate
Resolution on Due Process of No-vember
20, 1968 among other
things) is based on a distrust of
disciplinary forces. (This distrust
is mitigated somewhat by a con-cern
for the obligations of contract
to be mutual, unlike the curfew
case.)
Distrust between Christian bro-thers
and sisters (a relationship in-herent
in the concept of any "Chris-tian"
community—the filial rela-tionship
is direct to God) is un-
Christian. Therefore, in at least
these two areas, Bethel is sick and
in need of the Great Physician.
Let us Pray for community peace.
Leonard Ray Sammons
dents and present their ideas to
the administration. Through vari
ous committees arid appointments
to faculty committees this goal can
be achieved.
There should be student repre-sentation
on all faculty commit-tees.
The students should also take
the initiative to voice their opin-ions
on all New Campus plans,
ranging from building programs to
policy.
These and other ideas can only
be carried through if the students
become involved and concerned a-bout
what is happening around
them. Student involvement is the
base for a sound and effective
Student Senate.
RONALD L. ROPER
All of human life is religion.
That is, not "ritual," or "ecclesias-ticism,"
but the inescapable posi-tion
before God. All human activi-ty
is service either to the one true
God, or to an idol: "humanity," the
"common good," etc. The respon-sibility
of any Christian in office
is to openly avow his adherence
to the Scriptures. There is no pos-sibility
of any person acting from
a position of "neutrality"; such an
assertion is either from ignorance
or deception. I therefore affirm the
necessity to admit one's 'beliefs,
even in political action. In this re-gard,
I uphold the Bible as norma-tive,
and will continue to do so.
Moreover, it is crucial to deter-mine
where a candidate's respon-sibility
lies. This is determined by
his view of authority. Again, a
correct understanding can only be
deduced from the written Word
of God. Here we discover that total
sovereignty is an attribute of God
alone; all human authority is de-rived
therefrom. Authority is not
derived from "the people."
Furthermore government must
not rule by popular consent but
by principle. These must be deriv-ed
from Scripture, by communal
endeavor, upon past legislative
cont'd on page 5
Discipline, women's hours
raise issue of mutual "distrust"
It will be testing time for Be- used in reference to graduate
thel Seniors and sophomohes next
Wednesday and Thursday.
Sophomore testing will be held
in room 106 from 8:45 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. Wednesday and from 8:45 to
11:30 on Thursday.
Test scores are considerer a part of
the data in students' permanent re-cord
files. Profiles of the scores,
which will enable students to com-pare
performance with that of
sophomores from various colleges
participating in the National Guid-ance
Testing Program, will be giv-en
after the grading of the tests
Senior tests, administered by the
Educational Testing Service, will
be given at 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday in room 106. The tests
are required of all seniors and are
school entrance.
Several students have lately evi-denced
a curiosity concerning Doc-tor
Daltin's newly published book
The Jesuit's Estates Question, 1760
-1888. Could it be because the book
is "all wet" that it has not yet
flooded the market?
Well, the book, which represents
an expansion of Dalton's doctoral
dissertation and is being published
by the University of Toronto Press,
has met with misfortune.
The Bethel Bookstore, having
received two orders for copies of
the book, recently received word
that "Doc" Dalton's book has been
destroyed in a flood. The book's
future is uncertain at present as
a publication date has not yet
been reassigned it.
Wooded with orders?
Although it is not all-important in itself, the
cancelled "Tangle" is an indication of a greater
malady. It is an illustration of class apathy so obvious
on the Bethel scene, as well as at many other schools.
The typical pattern at Bethel is for an incoming
class to have its climax of unity and enthusiasm in
its freshman year. After that, the usual trend is
progressively downward. Small attendance at class
meetings may make them something of a farce;
classes themselves may cease to be much of anything
of a force. It is graduation activities that represent
the first reunion of all class members since their
freshman days. Karl Marx's prediction of a "classless
society" seems to apply in this non-economic sense
as well.
But are classes really too much a thing of the
past? Is it really too archaic to have the idea of classes,
whereby students can feel a sense of belonging, a
sense of identification, and in later years, a sense
of pride in saying, "I belonged to the Class of —."?
Of course, what is not needed on this campus is
a form of "ancestor worship," with seniors at the top
of a rigid hierarchy. We do not need to undergo
absurdities nor do we need to sacrifice the present
sense of freedom whereby a freshman or sophomore
may communicate easily with a junior or senior or
receive help from same.
But there is much need for rejuvenation, for a
rebirth of interest. Classes can become positive or-ganizations,
with friendly competition between them.
They can become meaningful groups of students,
bound in unity on a class basis.
But everything depends on the individual student.
It is he who must attempt to overcome the mountains
of apathy. It is he who must participate positively.
And if he chooses to shrink from this challenge,
then Bethel is indeed headed toward the "classless
society," a society devoid of a potentially meaningful
element of its existence.
Class spirit--who cares?
Tune Tangle demise shows apathy
by Dave Greener
"Tomorrow will be cancelled because of lack of
interest," according to one of the jokes making the
rounds these days. At Bethel College, "Tune Tangle"
was cancelled for the same reason.
This year's demise of "Tune Tangle" is not an
overwhelming disaster. It is a shame perhaps, but
not a disaster. After all, there are some things in
life that are even more significant than "Tune
Tangle."
"Tune Tangle" is (was?) an event in which Bethel's
four classes compete musically in chorus groups.
Any class member may participate, and each chorus
is formed with a minimum of twenty members.
Judged on a variety of criteria, the best chorus is
given the honor of inscribing its class name on a
permanent trophy.
Although it has sometimes failed to be an annual
fixture on Bethel's calendar, last year's "Tune Tangle"
was enthusiastically participated in by all classes.
Preparations had been energetic and competition was
keen.
But this year was different. On the Friday before
the Saturday night contest, only one class (sopho-more)
was anywhere near prepared. By evening,
the other three had declared their inability to par-ticipate.
The contest was thus cancelled.
Why? "Reasons" were profuse, if not sometimes
partially valid. There was a recital that evening;
"Tune Tangle" was not the only event. Some students
had jobs during the day; inconveniences were in-volved.
Also, perhaps many freshmen did not know
anything about "Tune Tangle."
But these obstacles were not so titantic that they
could not have been overcome. As it was, the recital
time had been moved back an half an hour and the
contest moved up an hour and a quarter. As for the
other problems, they could have been worked around.
But they weren't, "Tune Tangle" wasn't held, and
some people's efforts were for naught.
MUSICIAN AT WORK
Edwin Willmington works on one of his compositions in
preparation for his senior recital, which will be a 'first' at
Bethel.
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Debate-bug hitsFalcon housemother
by Chuck Myrbo
March 25 will be a special day for Hobbit fans — on
that day Frodo finally reached Mount Doom, only to hesitate
when the time came to give up the burden he had borne so
long. But the decision turned out to be not Frodo's but Gollum's,
and not Gollum's so much as Fate's.
For Gollum, who had lived for the Ring, died for it,
destroyed by it as anyone would have been destroyed who did
not have a will strong enough to master it. In dying, however,
he destroyed the Ring — and as the Ring fell, Sauron fell.
The oppression of the Dark Lord had ended, Gondor had
won the War of the Rings, and the King could return to his
throne. Aragorn's coronation signalled the beginning of the
Age of Men and the passing of the Third Age of Middle Earth.
The glory of the elves would diminish, and they would begin to
depart from the Grey Havens to cross the sea.
And as they did so, the traveller in Middle Earth had
reached the end of his journey. Over fifteen hundred pages
had flown by, and he had come to feel at home in a world far
different from his own, and yet very much the same. He had
read about people (and other creatures) so beautiful that he
ached to meet them, and so real that he felt as if he had met
them. He had just read J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings,
perhaps for the first time, and very probably not for the last.
You've seen "Frodo Lives" and "Gandalf for President"
on the desks.You've seen the "Come to Middle Earth" shirts.
And you may have thought that the scribblers and the shirt-wearers
were crazy, or at least putting you on. But if you did,
you were wrong. If they're crazy, it's a crazy they wish every-one
could be, and a crazy you would enjoy yourself.
If you're willing to give the hobbit fans an ear, there are
articles about Tolkien in the Saturday Evening Post, June 2,
1966; Holiday, June, 1966; Esquire, September, 1966; Nation,
May 8, 1967; Life, February 24, 1967; and the New Yorker,
January 15, 1966.
Or better yet, corner a shirt-wearer and ask him, "What's
so great about Middle Earth?" Or even better, find yourself a
copy of The Hobbit and dig in.
Because there is something "so great" about Middle Earth.
I'd pay almost any price for a one-way ticket there, but there
are only two-way tickets. Tolkien's trilogy will be your passage,
but when you reach that last page, your stay is ended. If
dreams were made to order, I'd order a life full of nights in
Middle Earth.
by Karen Rodberg
She lives in "Grand Central Sta-tion,"
is housemother to 23 Bethel
boys and a 7-year old swimming
champ, participates in intercolleg-iate
debate and League of Wo-men
Voters where she is secretary
(because "Christians should be in
politics"), and is working toward
her degree in speech with minors
in Psychology and Sociology. This
is your life, Marg Erickson.
Marg was a student at Bethel for
two years (1958-60) before she was
married to Wayne Erickson. Dur-ing
this time she was active in a
rejuvenated Women's Choir and
was a cheerleader for the Royals.
Her past six summers have been
spent at Camp Warren, a YMCA
camp in northern Minnesota, where
Wayne is director of the food ser-vice
and where Marg can hike, can-oe,
loaf, or swim with her son,
Dave (who's been swimming since
he was three.)
For several years the family liv-ed
in a three-story home in North-field
with Wayne commuting daily
to head Bethel's food service, but
moved to the Cities in 1967 to be-come
houseparents at Falcon Man-or.
Because Marg is happiest when
she's busy, and because she could
not resist the opportunity with
Bethel so close and Dave in school,
she enrolled here a second time.
It was only the beginning of
last year that Marg took her first
speech course (Fundamentals). She
was in several speech tournaments
before the debate-bug bit her, but
now she and Julie Palen represent
Bethel on the varsity level. Her
debate travels have taken her away
every weekend from October to
Thanksgiving and more recently
to Kansas University and to the
Nationals at St. Thomas.
Marg even works in her sleep.
On nights when she is especially
anxious about an oration or debate
she dreams her speech or her evi-dence
cards and can memorize
them this way.
Whenever possible her school
work is restricted to weekdays to
by Barb Jahr
Usually one does not go to the
theater to act, and the mere sug-gestion
of participation is threa-tening
to an average drama audi-ence.
Those who cringe from pub-licly
expressing an experience, or
having a "dirty hippy" whisper
in their ears should be careful not
to attend "A mass for Actors and
Audience on the Passion and Birth
of Dr. John Faustus as Told in the
Spirit of Our Times," playing
through April 4 at the Firehouse
Theater.
I you are accustomed to follow-ing
a "list of program in sequential
order" here you'll have to list your
own. Finally, should you be a lead-ing
role fan who is constantly com-paring
one production with ano-ther—
forget it! There will never
be another like it.
Quite ironically, you may find
yourself congratulating yourself be-cause
you played the lead role, and
so did the entire audience, along
leave the weekends open for her
family.
At the Manor Marg and Wayne
hold to the "open door" policy.
They literally leave their door
open whenever they're home—the
traffic through that place is un-believeable.
Although she a n d
Wayne had planned on living in
a girls' manor Marg says she
wouldn't trade her Falcon boys for
anything.
with the actors. The irony pain-fully
grows as you realize that the
actors are only pretending to be
Faust; but you are in reality the
same man.
Though the production utilizes
the same themes as Goethe and
Marlowe, you'll probably recognize
a minimum of lines from these
original scripts. However, the latest
Beatle's album also is employed in
the lines.
After screaming for two hours
about "knowledgeable man," the
actors stop slapping you long e-nough
to let you react. During the
abatement you must make a per-sonal
decision to begin all over
again, or else to leave the theater.
Do not make a hasty decision.
You may miss a beautiful experi-ence.
Transcendency, Faust is told,
is the secret to life: Transcend
your inhibited tendencies, conquer
that fear which prevents man from
becoming knowledgeable, and par-ticipate.
`Faust' demands participation
Do we harbor criminals?
Willmington plans music career Lawmen nab Bethelites
by Marione Rusche
by Linda Lehman
and Jeff Loomis
Personally believing that no mu-sic
is meaningful which does not
say something to its listeners, Beth-el
senior Edwin Willmington hopes
that each audience member will
gain "something substantial for
himself" from the musical ideas
contained in his original band com-position,
"The Turmoil of Tri-umph,"
when it is given its pre-miere
by the Bethel Concert Band
Friday night.
Ed, a music major with emphases
in conducting and church music,
will direct the band in its per-formance
of his work. He describes
it as "an attempt to depict the
struggle it takes to triumph, what-ever
the cause."
Two conflicting themes, a short
motive for Turmoil, and a four-phased
modal chorale melody for
Triumph, are pitted over and a-gainst
each other in many ways
until eventually Triumph reaches
its forceful victory.
The performance of this piece,
the only one for band among Ed's
20 or so "down-on-paper" composi-tions,
is a sort of prelude to the
recital he will offer this spring
of most of his works. Since his
collection includes compositions for
string quartet, organ, clarinet and
piano, strings and trumpets, piano
alone, and voice, he will call upon
additional campus performers to
interpret some of them, but he
will either conduct or perform most
of them himself. The recital date
has not been finalized.
As the first Bethelite to do a
recital of this type, Ed is simply
reflecting his particular interest
in composing and his future plans
to write music actively while teach-ing
composition in a university.
He has been accepted for graduate
study next year in composition
at the University of Arizona in Tuc-son,
and hopes to proceed as di-rectly
as possible to a doctoral
degree.
"I was singing solos at age 3 or
4 in church," he says when asked
how his musical interests got their
beginning. He started piano lessons
at age 7, enjoying it much but
playing so long (and so loud) that
it got on his parents' nerves.
He was a boy soprano soloist in
the Kenosha, Wisconsin All-City
Boys' Choir, played violin for five
years through junior high school
age, and was assistant conductor
of both his junior high and high
school choirs. In his senior year
at Kenosha, Ed won the National
School Choral Award.
How did he come to Bethel? "By
car!" he answers, noting that the
school was sort of a surprise choice
but one that has reaped some
tangible rewards — including train-ing
that has gained him an uncon-ditional
grad school acceptance.
Of Bethel's music faculty, he
says, "I believe they have been
most helpful, and are dedicated to
help any one, provided that he de-sires
to be helped, which I do."
He has sung in both the Bethel
Male Chorus and Bethel College
Choir, been a section leader and
assistant conductor, and has stud-ied
voice for three years with Mr.
Mogck and organ for one year with
Mrs. Christian. He is also music
director of Trinity Covenant
Church at Robbinsdale.
Other interests include sports.
He loves to watch football and
basketball games — "good games,
that is." A large proportion of
free time is spent, however, writ-ing
music at the piano, in the
tradition he begun when he private-ly
learned, at age 9, conducting
beat patterns from a little music
book of his father's.
As he looks forward to the pres-sures
which will be involved in
reaching successfully his graduate
school goals, Ed counts on divine
help. "I hope God can receive the
glory of it all," he says, adding
"I can't pretend to do it without
Him."
Several prominent members of Bethel's student body recently have
had run-ins with the law, with one member even being sentenced to
serve time in jail.
Confusion regarding specific traffic laws of the cities and suburbs
of Minneapolis and St. Paul has led to complications with the law for
Bethel students with automobiles.
Greg Taylor, student body president, last week received a traffic
ticket but decided to pay the $5.00 fine instead of $4.00 court costs
that would be necessary if a not-guilty plea was entered.
Margie Whaley, Clarion editor, was an unfortunate victim of cir-cumstances
when she got a ticket for not having new license plates and
over-parking. Margie had just been in a car accident and didn't have
ready cash to purchase plates and pay for repairs.
She incurred $5 towing expenses when she was warned by an officer
to move the vehicle from a residential area near Eagle Manor. However,
the law still wasn't satisfied and gave her a ticket. She then had to
pay $7.00 to get her car towed to Bethel's parking lot. Undaunted, Margie
went to Falcon Heights court last Friday night, told the judge about her
difficulties, and got her fine suspended.
Tom Mesaros, a senator, didn't get off so easily. He had received
a ticket for parking in a rush hour no-parking zone which was not
legibly marked. Tom went to court March 11 to plead guilty. The
judge announced a fine of $6.00 and Tom asked if there was an
alternative to the fine. "Yes," the judge replied, "one day in jail. Dis-missed."
Tom's "most interesting experience" last Saturday began with his
checking in to the Ramsey County Jail in downtown St. Paul. He
underwent some routine questioning, was fingerprinted, had all objects
removed from his pockets (even his lifesavers; the guard said they
could have been poison), was stripped of his belt (he might hang
himself), ring (he might swallow it), and books (could contain concealed
weapons).
Tom was fortunate in that he was randomly picked to be a
"trusty." A "trusty" has special privileges, also special duties. In ex-change
for serving food, doing dishes, mopping floors, and cleaning
bars and cells, a trusty has a TV set in his cell, may drink coffee anytime
he wants (the coffee was kept warm by running hot water over it 24
hours a day), and gets better quality and quantity of food.
"The hardest thing to fight in jail was the sheer boredom," Tom
stated. "The jail served absolutely no rehabilitory purpose. The in-mates
had the attitude that if they weren't naughty anymore, they
wouldn't get a spanking," he added.
"All in all, I did get a good deal. I was jailed with some easy-going
guys, got three free meals, and saved $6.00. I highly recommend the
experience — it's very educational," said Tom.
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Team may 'take Christ to the beach' contribute to"Eternity"magazine
by Pat Faxon
It's amazing what one can come
up with while listening to a sermon.
A couple of weeks ago something
their pastor said in his Sunday
morning service inspired Bonnie
Bege and Carolyn Niehouse to the
formation of plans to send an evan-gelizing
team to the beaches of Ft.
Lauderdale, Flordia for Easter Va-cation.
The idea was presented to the
Chapel and Spiritual Concerns
Committee which decided that for
reasons concerning school insur-ance
the venture should not be
sponsored by Bethel College, but
that the school would provide every
encouragement possible.
The idea was precipitated by the
mention of the group of college
students from the Twin Cities area
that would be joining others in an
effort sponsored by Campus Cru-sade
the week before Easter to pre-sent
Christ on the beaches. The
students will attend Bible study
Bethel's Student Minnesota Edu-ciation
Association (SMEA) isn't
generally known as a superstitious
group; but some fortune cookie
messages last weekend weren't
easily passed off.
A bethel delegation — Ron Skon,
Doug Warring, Barb Atkins, Judy
Olsen, Jackie Goodman and Sue
Bomstad—registered last Friday
for the SMEA annual Delegate As-sembly
at the College of St. Cath-erine.
Since they were a little
early, they ventured to a Chinese
restaurant for lunch.
In fun, they took two fortune
cookies to see if they would have
anything to say about Doug War-ring's
candidacy for state office
(executive board member, as chair-man
of the salary committee).
Dougs fortunes read, "Salary raise
and a new position are yours," and
"Courage is what you need most
now."
Warring did get the state office.
In addition, Bethel was represent-
"Lord Jim," a motion picture in
full technicolor, is coming to Beth-el's
Campus and will be shown at
7:30 p.m. Saturday in room 106
of the college building.
The story based on Joseph Con-rad's
book is as great an adven-ture
film as "Bridge on the River
Kwai" or "Lawrence of Arabia."
Two of America's great performers
in 1965, James Mason and Eli Wal-and
training sessions in the morn-ing,
leaving the afternoon free for
mingling with other young people
on the beaches. The culmination
of the evangelistic effort will be
an evening concert on the beach
presented by the New Folk.
Of course, students from Bethel,
having their spring vacation the
week after Easter rather than the
week before, will be unable to par-ticipate.
However, Campus Crusade
has agreed to sponsor a similar
program for Bethel students who
would like to participate in a sim-ilar
effort the week following
Easter, providing there are 20-30
interested students.
According to reports, approxi-mately
15 students have indicated
that they would like to make the
trip. The group plans to spend
April 5-11 in Ft. Lauderdale.
Approximate cost of the venture
includes $35 transportation, $15
food, $10 miscellaneous, and $0-2
ed as Ron Skon was nominated
from the floor for state president,
gave an extemporaneous speech,
and lost by only four votes to
another student who had a planned
campaign and speech for the office.
Delegates from 30 colleges and
university chapters of the SMEA
attended the event.
The student arm of the more-than
- 40,000 - member Minnesota
Education Association discussed
several of the MEA resolutions to
be considered at the 46th annual
MEA Delegate Assembly April 10-
12. Other resolutions included in-crease
in teacher benefits and re-tirement;
more involved prepara-tion
— courses in sensitivity train-ing
and cultural deprivation; bet-ter
facilities for teaching, and in-ternships
to replace student teach-ing.
Warring's position will include
setting up standards for salary
negotiations for prospective teach-ers.
lath, in the most demanding por-trayals
of their careers are joined
by England's Peter O'Toole and
Germany's Curt Jurgens in equally
powerful roles.
An evening of exciting drama
and adventure created by these
dynamic personalities in action is
promised by the senior class which
is sponsoring the showing. Admis-sion
charge will be $1.00 per per-son
or $1.50 per couple.
housing per night. Conference
Baptist Churches in Ft. Lauderdale
area have been contacted concern-ing
housing placement. If, however,
no developments ensue, Campus
Crusade will provide housing for
$2 per night.
Training classes prior to depar-ture
have been arranged for March
26, 27 in Edgren Lounge. Students
who are interested should contact
Bonnie Bege or Carol Niehouse be-fore
traninig sessions
Lindsay sees
inflexibility
(A0P)—Colleges and universities
may be too inflexible and discipline
oriented to respond to the pressing
problems of the day, Mayor John
V. Lindsay of New York told about
1,000 presidents and deans at the
annual meeting of the Association
of American Colleges in Pittsburg,
Pa.
"Poverty, integration, defense,
transportation, space exploration,
economic development, and deter-ioration
of the cities cry out for
creative interdisciplinary think-ing,"
Mr. Lindsay said.
"The university with its depart-mental
structure, seems ill-equip-ped
to respond."
Specifically, Mr. Lindsay propos-ed
colleges and universities de-velop
more programs for high-risk
students. He noted a recent sur-vey
of 215 institutions revealed al-most
half have no such programs
at all.
ebapet
by Pastor Maurice Lawson
Royal Bloom, the oldest teacher
on our faculty (in terms of service!)
will bring the message on Monday.
He yielded his place last week to
Lieutenant McClary.
Harold DeVries, furlough secre-tary
of the Evangelical Alliance
Mission, will speak on Tuesday. Mr.
DeVries will be available for coun-selling
regarding missionary ser-vice
as well. Please make arrrange-ments
with the Pastor if you would
like to talk to him.
The book of Colossians will be
closed on Wednesday with the cam-pus
pastor's message, "Cherish
Your Friends!"
Richard Neale of Camp Forest
Springs, an old friend who is mak-ing
his annual visit, will speak on
Thursday. He will offer opportu-nities
for service and training dur-by
Joanne Joyslyn
Several faculty and administra-tion
members have recently taken
time out from their busy schedules
to write magazine articles.
Dean Virgil Olson has an article
in the February 1969 Eternity mag-azine
entitled "What's the Church
to do Now?" He tells how young
people in our society are challeng-ing
the validity of the Church's
message, its worship and its mis-sion.
They see little evidence that
God is alive in evangelical church-es.
"Penetration, rather than ex-tension,
is the new key word. The
church must find ways of pene-trating
our modern society and es-pecially
the secular city with the
gospel of Jesus Christ."
Donald Larson, professor of lin-guistics
and anthropology, also
authored an article in the February
1969 Eternity magazine which he
has titled "People, Imposters and
Souls."
Professor Larson tells how Chris-tians
too often divide humanity into
three parts. People are those with
whom we worship and pray. Im-posters
are those who claim to be
Christians but by our criteria they
fail to pass the test. Souls are the
millions among whom our profes-sionals
work. They wear strange
or dirty clothes and worship idols.
"Imposters and souls must be ad-mitted
into our hearts and lives
as people, so that the Spirit has
free course to create among us a
unity that does not depend on our
manmade conventions."
ing the summer as well. President
Lundquist will bring the week to
a close with a message on Friday.
Come and sing-along with Willie
Hale, outstanding negro soloist and
director of the Zion Baptist Church
choir, at Catacombs this Sunday at
10 o'clock.
James Johnson, professor of his-tory,
wrote an article in the Janu-ary,
1969 Eternity magazine called
"Church, Government, and Human
Need."
He asks, "Is government too in-volved
meeting the tremendous
needs of society — or are Chris-tians
not involved enough?" At
the beginning of the Twentieth
Century, fundamentalist Protes-tants
were little concerned with
problems in the cities or the need
for social reform. A small group
of Protestant clergymen did, how-ever,
try to find a solution by ap-plying
the gospel to the new social
situations. They wanted to awaken
the churches to the responsibility
for the societal needs around them.
The government has helped the
Christian cause by setting up re-form
movements and providing
financial help, Johnson says. Fortune cookies rightly predict
Warring's state SMEA Position
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"And I thought American cars were complicated," says
Janell Hastings as she inspects the engine of her recently-purchased
Volkswagen, "Snug-Bug" — her third car this school
year.
Candidates speak
strata, in light of prevailing con-science.
The "will of the majority"
does not place a man in authority;
God Himself stirs the hearts of
individuals to even frequent the
polls: "A man's heart deviseth his
way: but the Lord directeth his
steps."
I reassert that my first responsi-bility
shall always be to God, in
Christ, and the principles of His
written Word. Instead of decrying
responsibility to God's people, this
enhances it. I therefore unequivo-cably
stand for the open Bible in
student government. Christian pol-itics
is nothing new to me; the
final decision is up to you.
DAVE SHUPE
I can sense at Bethel the begin-ning
of a spirit of positive change;
I see from the students an increas-ed
interest in involvement; from
the faculty, encouragement; and
from the administration, openness.
Suddenly Bethel may be one of
the more progressive Twin City
colleges, at least in terms of per-centage
of change. In the light of
this, I stress two general points.
First, it is both right and neces-sary
for students to take an active
part in decision-making at Bethel.
At this point I am a strong advo-cate
of "Student Power."
Secondly, I feel that this change
is best accomplished through co-operation.
Neither petty gripes nor
a negative attitude can effect
worthwhile change; a general
"thumbs-up" attitude toward Beth-el,
coupled with strong construc-tive
criticism, can.
The primary function of the
President, beyond strictly constitu-tional
duties, is to establish trust,
from page 2
confidence, and open personal dis-cussion.
To expand: 1) The President
must have the confidence of "the
powers that be" and spend many
hours in discussions with them. I
have done this this year as Vice-
President. 2) The President must
be open to and personally concern-ed
with the opinions of each indi-vidual
student. I am. 3) The Presi-dent
needs close contact with stu-dent
leaders of other colleges. I
am acquainted with student lead-ers
of nearly all Twin City colleges
and the University.
Specific proposals I have include:
1) revision of the 26-74 financial
breakdown between college a n d
seminary, 2) general relaxation of
social rules, 3) constant review of
new campus plans, 4) establishment
of a legal aid service for students,
and 5) increasingly strong contacts
with other colleges.
I feel I can bring to the office
the experience, the time, the con-tacts,
the seriousness, and the posi-tive
attitude neded at the present
time.
Bethel sent its track team to
Superoir State in Superior, Wis-consin
last Saturday and they came
back with a 57-34 loss. Unimpres-sive
as it may sound, this first reg-ular
season meet again showed a
lot of promise for the season. The
thinclads came back with four new
records under their belt and one
freshman record.
Bob Olson only took third in the
shot put but had a long enough
toss to give him the school record.
His throw of 44'8 1/4" would have
been long enough to tie for first
last week. All indications would
point to bettering that mark as
the season progresses.
Dave Pound ran a blistering
1:18.5 in the 600-yard dash to win
first place honors and the school
record. In the 40-yard high hur-dles,
Fritz Fredeen and Andy Leh-by
Marie Watson
In learning to economize and
live on her student's budget, Janell
Hastings, a Bethel junior, has as-sumed
the job of "master mechan-ic"
on her own cars. Her room-mates
and friends are never shock-ed
to view Janell deeply engrossed
in the task of repairing a radiator
hose or inspecting a malfunction-ing
engine as she has faithfully
doctored her three jalopies this
year.
Janell started this school year
with a 1952 Plymouth, "Cock-roach,"
which had the distinction of
specializing in unique problems.
She found this out last summer
when she had to drive it each day
from Minnetonka to the Bethel
College Library to work.
It was a really "hot" car, in-cluding
the brakes, which over-heated
so much that the brake
lights would go on. She had to
stop every ten miles to let the
brakes cool awhile before starting
another ten-mile trek.
When her faithful Plymouth re-fused
to start without a push she
deserted it for a nice-looking 1958
Chevrolet, "The Blue Max."
A big car, it ran smoothly and
looked even better. But she sus-picioned
foul play when she found
a worn orange sign in the trunk,
reading "Car Stalled . .. Please
Help!" After another round of
"learning experiences" with the
Chevrolet, Janell switched to a
Volkswagen which has earned the
name "Snug Bug" and kept up a
good reputation.
Aside from her avocation of
working with cars, she has had an
interesting television "career." She
man chalked up times of 5.6 in
the trials. It was enough to get
them into the finals and give them
a share of the school record.
Rick Berggren took first place
in the 100-yard run and was fol-lowed
in third by Phil James.
James' time of 2:40.1 gave him the
freshman record.
Dave Pearson went down a ways
from his performance last week,
but still had no trouble in taking
first place in the high jump.
Dwight Carlson took first in the
mile run and second in the two-mile
event.
After two more meets, the team
will pack up for a trip over Easter
vacation that will begin in Manka-to.
The highlight of the trip should
be the meet against Bethel at
North Newton, Kansas.
worked for WTCN channel 11 in
the Twin Cities. She was the assis-tant
on a weekly educational sci-ence
program for grade school
children, -Exploring Nature."
There was no script or preplanning
except for a topic of study, such
as reptiles, being stated several
weeks in advance of filming each
program. Janell made 35 appear-ances
in this program in a series
when she was 14-15 years old.
Bob Duerr, a keeper at Como
Zoo, headed the program each
week. The Zoo gave him the use
of many types of animals for stud-ying.
Track
Superior 57 Bethel 34
Shot Put: 1) Superior 53'10"
2) Superior 3) Olsen 44'8 1/4
High Jump: 1) Pearson 5'10"
2) Superior 3) Gulian 5'6"
Mile Run: 1) Carlson 4:51.1
2)Superior 3) Superior
40 yd Dash: 1) Pound 1:18.5*
2) Superior 3) Superior
40 yd. H.H.: 1) Superior 5.5
2) Lehman 5.6 3) Fredeen 5.7**
2 mile Run: 1) Superior 10:45
2) Carlson 10:45.5 3) Superior
1000 yd. Dash: 1) Berggren 2:29.2
2) Superior 3) James 2:40.1***
An interesting experience, Janell
relates the time she tickled the
"tummy" of an alligator until it
went to sleep.
This opportunity came to Janell
partly because her father is in
the television business. He was on
WCCO channel 4 in the Twin Cities
RS "Johnny 44," a cowboy, and
"Rocko Dyne," a space explorer.
Formerly an Operations Director
of WCCO, he is now an announcer
and newscaster for WPBC radio.
An elementary education major
and an honor student, Janell plans
to pursue her master's degree and
teach on the college level after
gaining teaching experience on the
5-6 grade elementary level.
1) Superior 5.2
5.3* 3) Superior
1) Superior 2:30.7
2) Bethel 2:35.8
1) Superior 4:00.3
2) Bethel 4:02.7
*New Bethel Record
**Lehman and Fredeen tied for
new record. Fredeen's record
time came in the trial heat.
***New Bethel freshman record
Thinclads drop meet break record
scores
40 yd. L.H.:
2) Fredeen
8 lap relay:
12 lap relay
Page 6
the CLARION
Thursday, March 20, 1969
HARD WORK
has been the story of Dave Pearson, senior from Connecticut, who broke his own school
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by Frosty Peterson
Dave Pearson, co-captain of the Bethel track team,
began the final season of his college track career
in great style by breaking the Bethel high-jump record
early this season.
His record jump of 6'1" occured in the first meet
of the season at Macalester College against their B-squad.
The old record of 6'0" was set by Dave in his
first season as a freshman. Thus far this season, he
has captured two first places, the record jump at Ma-calester
being one and the other, a 5'10" jump at
Superior State.
As a co-captain along with Dave Pound, he will
help to lead the Bethel track team to what is hoped
will be another successful season. Assuming that noth-ing
unfortunate happens, Dave will have lettered all
four years in Bethel track at the close of this season.
He is a valuable asset to the team, consistently
performing in two other events, the triple and the
long jump, as well as the high-jump. Having par-ticipated
in these events in high-school competition,
Dave was an asset to the team right from the start.
When asked about the situation of the team as a
whole, he said, "we're hurting for sprinters, but we
have more depth in the other areas." The team has
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by Wally Borner
It was disgusting. In fact, it was downright frustrating.
The Faculty has no regard for the morale of the students
whatsoever.They just pour on the humiliation. They could have
acted like sophisticated college professors, but no; they had to
beat us students at our own game. There ought to be a law
against them leaving their station.
The whole deal has been the fault of the one Dr. Pastor Al
Glenn. Instead of counseling or instructing us, he intimidates
us. I think he's been plotting the upheaval all year because he
started his tactics way last fall. It's simply ridiculous to trade
in the sheepskin for the pigskin.
Well, anyway, things were at a fever pitch. They were
having trouble getting their revolutionary cohorts together.
And to think that I went and suggested to Dr. Gym Rodgers
that he contact Eddie Thomas.
But there it was. The showdown between the faculty and
us off-campus students. We were both tied at number two and
thus both had to try harder. So the basketball game between
Faculty and Off Campus got to a start.
We started off quite cold and the old men got off to a 9-3
lead. However, we chipped away and kept it close for the whole
game. We even took the lead on a couple occasions.
But our downfall was that maestro of the court, Eddie
Thomas. Somehow he scaled our defense and showed that his
real forte is scoring points. His smooth movements toward
the basket was like a subtle glissando with no one really
noting where he was. For an encore, he displayed defensive
virtuosity.
Another place where the Faculty tended to dominate
was on the boards. It would not be much of an admission to
say that Bob Crandall registered many key rebounds. And then
adding Crandall's 11 points to Mr. Thomas' 19, they had a
good one-two punch.
Dr. Rodgers is an acidic competitor. He never gives up.
He very obviously has a solid base of experience and his wit
usually adds a bit of sodium chloride to the game. Gene Peter-son
must have calculated that he could help the team because
he added on eight points.
But then, as I said, the mastermind behind the whole plot
was Dr. Glenn. And he cinched the game. I fouled him to stop
the clock and get the ball back, but those biased referees
called an intentional foul. Going to the gift line with two
chances, he sunk both of them. We didn't have a prayer. We
were down by three with only five seconds left and Tom took
the ball and drove in for a lay up. I'm sure somebody on the
faculty must have fouled him but the refs didn't see it.
Well, you give the faculty an inch and they take a mile.
That's about what they did at the free throw line. Out of
eleven chances, they sunk ten. That must be some kind of
record. And they won without the services of Bill Carlson, one
of their fast rising stars.
The whole thing taught us humble undergraduates one
thing: never trust anyone over 30. And Mr. Peterson and Mr.
Crandall give proof that those younger ones who associate
with the old(er) men are just as suspect.
I-M Scoreboard
"A" League March 17
Faculty 58; 3rd New 54 O.T.
Falcon 78; New Dorm 50
First Floor 60; 3rd Old 33
Off Campus 85; Pit 62
2nd Old 64; 2nd New 49
"B" League March 15
First Floor 72; 2nd Old 28
Off Campus 51; 3rd New 46
Intramural Standings
"A" League "B" League
First Floor 7-0 First Floor 6-0
Second Old 6-1 Pit 5-1
Falcon 5-2 Faculty 4-2
Third Old 4-3 New Dorm 4-2
New Dorm 4-3 Off Campus 4-2
Faculty 3-4 Second New 3-3
Off Campus 3-4 Second Old 2-4
Second New 2-5 Falcon 1-5
Pit 1-6 Third Old 1-5
Third New 0-7 Third New 0-6
been working out for several weeks now, but all of the
early meets take place indoors.
Because the sprints, such as the hundred-yard
dash and the two-twenty, are held only outdoors, the
need for sprinters has not been immediate. From now
on, however, these events will be included as the
meets will be held outdoors.
In the past few seasons, Bethel has been strong
in track, and this season should be no different. There
are many returning lettermen and several promising
freshmen. Under the leadership of co-captain Dave
Pearson, Bethel track looks for another successful
season.
SPORTS CALENDAR
March 20-27
20, 21, 22 Minnesota State Basketball Tournament
21 Basketball, Pipers at Kentucky
21 Track, Bethel at St. Olaf frosh and Pillsbury
22 Basketball, Pipers vs. New Orleans
22 Hockey, North Stars vs. Philadelphia 1:35
23 Basketball, Pipers at Indiana
23 Hockey, North Stars at Pittsburgh TV 6:00
25 Basketball, Pipers vs. New York
25 Hockey, North Stars vs. Pittsburgh 8:05
26 Track, Bethel at Stout
27 Basketball, Pipers at New York

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by Faith Zwemke
A potentially stimulating adventure in expression,
interpretation, and communication is scheduled for
April 1 and 2. Students will have the opportunity
to be involved in Bethel's 1st Annual Forensic
Festival sponsored by the speech department.
The Festival evolves from a desire to provide, on
a local level, an opportunity for experienced and
particularly novice speakers to, in the words of
Donald Rainbow, "catch the excitement and challenge
of contest speaking."
In addition to this, the sponsors feel that in a
world becoming more and more dependent on com-munication
it is essential that individuals increase
and perfect their communicating skills.
The contest is open to all Bethel students, and
students may enter in one or more of the seven
events. These include extemporaneous speaking, origi-nal
oratory, rhetorical criticism, after-dinner speak-ing,
prose interpretation, poetry interpretation, and
readers' theatre.
In keeping with the season, after-dinner speakers
will have the privilege of expounding on the topic
"April Fool." The number of contestants in each
area is unlimited, and therefore competition will
depend on student interest.
A highlight of the Festival will be Wednesday
evening, April 2. A banquet for all participants will
be held and awards will be presented to the finalists
in all events except after-dinner speaking. These
finalists will give their presentations at the banquet.
Trophies will be awarded to first place winners,
and certificates will go to second and third place
winners. A unique feature of the tournament re-volves
around an individual sweepstakes award.
This award will be given to the contestant with the
highest number of total points. Points may be ac-cumulated
in the following manner: 1 point for each
event entered; 4 points for first place; 3 points for
second place, and 2 points for third place.
As in every contest, judges are a must, and thus
far an impressive panel of judges have been selected.
These are: Gerald Healy, English professor; Fred
Lund, seminary student and former debate coach; Jim
Conway, seminarian and graduate of Bethel speech
department; Dennis Smith, speech major at the Uni-versity
of Minnesota, and Mrs. Margaret Dewey,
Bethel librarian. In addition to these, other judges
may be added. Contestants will be judged primarily
on their interpretation and delivery of the selection.
In order that the events can be scheduled proper-ly,
the deadline for registration has been set for
Tues. March 25. Registrations and questions should
be given to Marg Erickson, speech major and director
of the tournament, or any of the speech instructors.
CONDUCTS OWN COMPOSITION
Edwin Willmington, Bethel senior, conducts a rehearsal
in preparation for Friday night's band concert. One of his
compositions, "The Turmoil of Triumph," will be included
in the program.
Vol. XLIII—No. 22
Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn. Thursday, March 20, 1969
Festival stirs April Fools excitement
Speech House plans forensics meet
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
Marg Erickson, director of Bethel's first annual Forensics
Festival, examines some trophies in the speech house as she
makes plans for awards in the upcoming meet.
Students declare for offices;
contenders debate tonight
Band concert features
contemporary pieces
Candidates for 'Bethel College
Student Association President and
vice-president are expected to be
present at an open forum in the
coffee shop this evening, beginning
at 9:30 p.m.
Dennis Olson will moderate the
program at which students with
questions for candidates will be
able to ask them, as well as hear
brief speeches from each one.
According to official sources,
candidates for Association Presi-dent
who had declared by the Mon-day
deadline were David A. Shupe,
Thomas W. Mesaros, Charles Myr-bo,
Bruce Otto and Ronald L. Roper.
(Sarah Robertson's name was also
listed among the official declared
candidates. However, she told the
Clarion Tuesday that she had not
declared her own candidacy and
does not plan to file petitions.)
Vice-Presidential candidates are
Gregory Russell Saracoff, John D.
by Marjorie Rusche
A projected reduction of $31.5
million in federal funds in Nation-al
Student Defense Loans will have
a marked effect upon Bethel stu-dents
if Congress adopts the pro-posed
budget for next year.
"Receiving money for grants,
loans, scholarships from the feder-al
government is a very complicat-ed
affair," according to James
Bragg, director of financial aids.
Bragg noted that National Student
Defense Loans, scholarships, and
other financial aids are granted be-fore
the school knows exactly how
much funds are coming through.
Throughout the year, a commit-tee
of the Office of Education in
Kansas City sends the school es-timates
on how much money they
Goodman, Maurice Zaffke, and
Richard Berggren. Candidates for
Senator-at-large include Wendell
Wahlin, A. Dean Pearson, Marjorie
M. Rusche, Patricia Faxon, and El-don
John Elseth.
The class of 1970's three seats
are being sought by Steven Lam-brides,
Linda Sparks, Pamela Nor-dell,
and Janet Hurt. The three
seats of the Class of 1971 have been
declared for by Karen Anne Nelson
andDouglas F. Warring. The Class
of 197 has Wendell Wahlin, Thomas
Ford, Philip E. Humbert, and Le-land
Granlund as candidates for
its four seats.
A primary election will be ne-cessary
for Association President
and Vice-President if all the declar-ed
candidates maintain their candi-dacy.
The primary will be Friday
from noon to 4 p.m. concurrent to
the referendum on the questions of
women's housing.
feel will actually come through
from the federal government. Last
March funds were estimated at
$73,294; last August $70,300. In
December, 1968, the school finally
received word of what funds would
be received for '67-68 — $73,413.
Bethel had originally applied for
$131,715.00.
For the year '69-70, Bethel has
applied for $132,527.70 in govern-ment
funds. "The first estima-tion
of what Bethel actually will
receive should be coming shortly,"
Bragg stated. "Reports are out that
Minnesota schools will get approx-imately
62% of their requests."
If students are interested in re-ceiving
financial aid for next
year, they should pick up a Par-
Tuition increase
is announced
I long-anticipated announce-ment
of a tuition increase for
1969-'70 came to Bethel students
this morning via letters in in-dividual
P.O.'s.
The $75 tuition increase per
semester, determined this week
after final budget planning, will
raise total tuition cost to $1,450
per year.
Contrary to earlier specula-tions,
no room and board in-crease
was cited. It was noted
that the amount would cover in
its entirety the proposed semes-ter-
interim-semester program.
Also, somewhat antidotal to
the raise in tuition, the letter in-formed
students of plans for
granting larger financial aid
packages, hiring a full-time
counselor and "over-all upgrad-ing"
of Bethel's educational
program.
ents' Confidential Statement and
a blue Financial Aids form as
soon as possible. Students receiv-ing
aid last year must re-apply.
The dealine for receiving applica-tions
is May 1.
The Financial Aids office is pres-ently
giving out awards to incoming
freshmen, instead of waiting until
May as has been done in past
years. This should reduce the num-ber
of "no shows" in September,
Bragg said.
A description of the various fi-nancial
aids available to students
will be forthcoming in students'
P.O.'s from the Financial Aids Of-fice.
Information concerning finan-cial
aids is also given on pages 50-
60 of the college catalogue.
Contemporary music will be fea-tured
at the annual concert of
Bethel College Concert Band at 8
p.m. Friday in the fieldhouse.
"Passacaglia," written by Alfred
Reed, a leading composer for band
medium, gives a contemporary set-ting
to one of the oldest forms of
western instrumental music. This
piece follows a traditional form,
making it one of the few examples
of such for the modern concert
band.
Gail Klemetti, flutist and a mu-sic
major from Albuquerque, New
Mexico, will be soloist in "Night
Soliloquy."
A highlight of the concert will
be an original composition, "The
Turmoil of Triumph" composed by
Edwin Wilmington.
Under the direction of Julius
Whitinger, the band will present a
varied program, beginning with a
selection from "Fanfares For the
Common Man." Other selections on
the program include "Overture
from Candide," a many-faceted
piece by Leonard Bernstein; a med-ley
of Negro spirituals; and a
march, "Dawn of Peace."
Several members of the band
will leave their own sections to
play percussion instruments, a few
of which were newly purchased in
time for the concert. Claves, gourd,
temple blocks, timbales, Chinese
gong, timpani, brass drum and
tambourine will combine with the
rest of the band to make "Incan-tation
and Dance" an exciting cli-max
to the evening
(See "Candidates speak out," page 2)
Fund reduction threatens Bethel's loan program
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
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Seniors, sophomores face tests
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Candidates speak out . • •
(Editor's note: Instead of the usual
editorial comment, the CLARION
this week gives space to the views
of five students who have declared
for the post of Student Association
President.)
THOMAS W. MESAROS
We at Bethel live in a three-sided
community composed of ad-ministration,
faculty and students.
As a Christian community the ini-tial
bond that ties the three sides
together is our faith in the Lord.
But still there are times of dis-content
and rumbles between these
groups.
Name calling, gossip, unsound
accusations and worst of all judge-ments
of our fellows' faith still
arise within our community.
A goal we should consider for
the coming year is establishing a
campus community with mutual re-spect.
We must work together on an
equal plane; one side can not
expect to dominate over the other
two or two sides form a majority
tyranny over the third. But in the
framework of understanding, con-sideration,
co-operation and com-promise
we can work to build our
community strong. We must weigh
each problem in consideration of
one another being strong in our
own opinion but open to new
ideas, realities of the past, and
necessary changes.
And we as students have our
own sub-community in which we
dwell everyday. We too, must have
mutual respect among ourselves.
From the Peace Club to the B.W.A.
we should have a unity which can
be applied to the whole communi-
To the editor:
The editorial of March 13, 1969,
about the necessity of giving the
disciplinary committee better
guidelines and the article on the
same page dealing with the hours
for entertaining and curfew in the
women's apartment bilding are re-lated
in an often overlooked way.
Let's be candid with ourselves.
Despite all the rhetoric one reads
(or hears) about the educational or
social benefits of the women's cur-few
(like it gives them more time
to study and it helps teach them to
regulate their social activities and
it keeps them well-protected to
curb parental anxieties), one is
forced to feel that women are dis-criminated
against in this way be-cause
they, unlike men, can become
pregnant. (I hope I have not unduly
alarmed or informed anybody with
the statement of this fact of life.)
And women do not help the public
image of their school one bit by
displaying family tendencies in this
way.
Instead of trusting ladies, who if
the CLARION
Published weekly during the academic
year, except during vacation and exami-nation
periods, by the students of Bethel
college, St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Sub-scription
rate $4 per year.
Editor-in-chief Margie Whaley
Associate Editor Chuck Myrbo
News Editor Marjorie Rusche
Layout Editor Sue Bonstrom
Sports Editor Wally Borner
Pusiness Manager Bill Goodwin
Circulation Manager Pat Faxon
Proof Readers Karen Rodberg
Mary Jo Healy
Photographer Ray Smith
Advisor Jon Fagerson
Opinions expressed in the CLARION do not
necessarily reflect the position of the college
or seminary.
ty.
CHUCK MYRBO
As a Christian college in a so-ciety
which seems to be bent ov
rejecting Christianity, Bethel is in
an often difficult, often exciting,
position. As students at a Chris-tian
college, we are in a position
which too often turns out to be
only difficult.
We are on both ends of the
generation gap, and the process of
finding a defensible position on
the fence in the middle somewhere
is often a frustrating one. We are
a part of the fundamental church,
one of the most conservative seg-ments
of society. But we are still
a part of a generation which has
rebelled against even the liberal
segments of that society.
And so we come to Bethel, trying
to find a way to allow our faith
to ease our frustration. And we
become more frustrated, because at
Bethel there is an undercurrent
which defines the ideal student as
the most conservative student. We
can tell what we are "supposed"
to be, and we do not want to be .
that.
If Bethel is to be more exciting
than difficult, it must take a posi-tive
attitude rather than a negative
one, and must redefine the "ideal"
to fit the actual norm.
The senate and the president,
acting as a sort of go-between for
the administration and the student
body, can play an important role
in effecting this change.
BRUCE OTTO
The major role of the Student
Senate and Student Association
President is to represent the stu-they
were not students could live
under their own circumstances, the
spirit of distrust is manifested in
curfew and entertaining regula-tions
at Bethel.
But let us be fair. Although
distrust of one's sisters in Christ
does not seem to 'be a Christian
trait, students here do not set a
perfect example for their faculty
and administration colleagues. We
too may use nice-sounding phrases
to cover it, but our questions about
such things as disciplinary "au-thority"
betray us.
Personally, I am willing to be
frank—I do not trust any disci-plinary
force in this school. And
although I will concede that this
may be a sign of paranoia, this is
a field in which I do not feel iso-lated.
And this distrust also seems
unChristian.
To summarize: Curfew establish-ment,
aside from capitalizing on
possible masochistic traits of the
Bethel female, is based on distrust
of the ladies curfewed. Likewise,
student concern for such things
as procedural due process (as de-monstrated
by common suspicions,
the support many of us give the
Joint Statement, and the Senate
Resolution on Due Process of No-vember
20, 1968 among other
things) is based on a distrust of
disciplinary forces. (This distrust
is mitigated somewhat by a con-cern
for the obligations of contract
to be mutual, unlike the curfew
case.)
Distrust between Christian bro-thers
and sisters (a relationship in-herent
in the concept of any "Chris-tian"
community—the filial rela-tionship
is direct to God) is un-
Christian. Therefore, in at least
these two areas, Bethel is sick and
in need of the Great Physician.
Let us Pray for community peace.
Leonard Ray Sammons
dents and present their ideas to
the administration. Through vari
ous committees arid appointments
to faculty committees this goal can
be achieved.
There should be student repre-sentation
on all faculty commit-tees.
The students should also take
the initiative to voice their opin-ions
on all New Campus plans,
ranging from building programs to
policy.
These and other ideas can only
be carried through if the students
become involved and concerned a-bout
what is happening around
them. Student involvement is the
base for a sound and effective
Student Senate.
RONALD L. ROPER
All of human life is religion.
That is, not "ritual," or "ecclesias-ticism,"
but the inescapable posi-tion
before God. All human activi-ty
is service either to the one true
God, or to an idol: "humanity," the
"common good," etc. The respon-sibility
of any Christian in office
is to openly avow his adherence
to the Scriptures. There is no pos-sibility
of any person acting from
a position of "neutrality"; such an
assertion is either from ignorance
or deception. I therefore affirm the
necessity to admit one's 'beliefs,
even in political action. In this re-gard,
I uphold the Bible as norma-tive,
and will continue to do so.
Moreover, it is crucial to deter-mine
where a candidate's respon-sibility
lies. This is determined by
his view of authority. Again, a
correct understanding can only be
deduced from the written Word
of God. Here we discover that total
sovereignty is an attribute of God
alone; all human authority is de-rived
therefrom. Authority is not
derived from "the people."
Furthermore government must
not rule by popular consent but
by principle. These must be deriv-ed
from Scripture, by communal
endeavor, upon past legislative
cont'd on page 5
Discipline, women's hours
raise issue of mutual "distrust"
It will be testing time for Be- used in reference to graduate
thel Seniors and sophomohes next
Wednesday and Thursday.
Sophomore testing will be held
in room 106 from 8:45 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. Wednesday and from 8:45 to
11:30 on Thursday.
Test scores are considerer a part of
the data in students' permanent re-cord
files. Profiles of the scores,
which will enable students to com-pare
performance with that of
sophomores from various colleges
participating in the National Guid-ance
Testing Program, will be giv-en
after the grading of the tests
Senior tests, administered by the
Educational Testing Service, will
be given at 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday in room 106. The tests
are required of all seniors and are
school entrance.
Several students have lately evi-denced
a curiosity concerning Doc-tor
Daltin's newly published book
The Jesuit's Estates Question, 1760
-1888. Could it be because the book
is "all wet" that it has not yet
flooded the market?
Well, the book, which represents
an expansion of Dalton's doctoral
dissertation and is being published
by the University of Toronto Press,
has met with misfortune.
The Bethel Bookstore, having
received two orders for copies of
the book, recently received word
that "Doc" Dalton's book has been
destroyed in a flood. The book's
future is uncertain at present as
a publication date has not yet
been reassigned it.
Wooded with orders?
Although it is not all-important in itself, the
cancelled "Tangle" is an indication of a greater
malady. It is an illustration of class apathy so obvious
on the Bethel scene, as well as at many other schools.
The typical pattern at Bethel is for an incoming
class to have its climax of unity and enthusiasm in
its freshman year. After that, the usual trend is
progressively downward. Small attendance at class
meetings may make them something of a farce;
classes themselves may cease to be much of anything
of a force. It is graduation activities that represent
the first reunion of all class members since their
freshman days. Karl Marx's prediction of a "classless
society" seems to apply in this non-economic sense
as well.
But are classes really too much a thing of the
past? Is it really too archaic to have the idea of classes,
whereby students can feel a sense of belonging, a
sense of identification, and in later years, a sense
of pride in saying, "I belonged to the Class of —."?
Of course, what is not needed on this campus is
a form of "ancestor worship," with seniors at the top
of a rigid hierarchy. We do not need to undergo
absurdities nor do we need to sacrifice the present
sense of freedom whereby a freshman or sophomore
may communicate easily with a junior or senior or
receive help from same.
But there is much need for rejuvenation, for a
rebirth of interest. Classes can become positive or-ganizations,
with friendly competition between them.
They can become meaningful groups of students,
bound in unity on a class basis.
But everything depends on the individual student.
It is he who must attempt to overcome the mountains
of apathy. It is he who must participate positively.
And if he chooses to shrink from this challenge,
then Bethel is indeed headed toward the "classless
society," a society devoid of a potentially meaningful
element of its existence.
Class spirit--who cares?
Tune Tangle demise shows apathy
by Dave Greener
"Tomorrow will be cancelled because of lack of
interest," according to one of the jokes making the
rounds these days. At Bethel College, "Tune Tangle"
was cancelled for the same reason.
This year's demise of "Tune Tangle" is not an
overwhelming disaster. It is a shame perhaps, but
not a disaster. After all, there are some things in
life that are even more significant than "Tune
Tangle."
"Tune Tangle" is (was?) an event in which Bethel's
four classes compete musically in chorus groups.
Any class member may participate, and each chorus
is formed with a minimum of twenty members.
Judged on a variety of criteria, the best chorus is
given the honor of inscribing its class name on a
permanent trophy.
Although it has sometimes failed to be an annual
fixture on Bethel's calendar, last year's "Tune Tangle"
was enthusiastically participated in by all classes.
Preparations had been energetic and competition was
keen.
But this year was different. On the Friday before
the Saturday night contest, only one class (sopho-more)
was anywhere near prepared. By evening,
the other three had declared their inability to par-ticipate.
The contest was thus cancelled.
Why? "Reasons" were profuse, if not sometimes
partially valid. There was a recital that evening;
"Tune Tangle" was not the only event. Some students
had jobs during the day; inconveniences were in-volved.
Also, perhaps many freshmen did not know
anything about "Tune Tangle."
But these obstacles were not so titantic that they
could not have been overcome. As it was, the recital
time had been moved back an half an hour and the
contest moved up an hour and a quarter. As for the
other problems, they could have been worked around.
But they weren't, "Tune Tangle" wasn't held, and
some people's efforts were for naught.
MUSICIAN AT WORK
Edwin Willmington works on one of his compositions in
preparation for his senior recital, which will be a 'first' at
Bethel.
Plotecteeia
'Thursday, March 20, 1964
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loPt ;,01oeiteaotee "This is your fife"
Debate-bug hitsFalcon housemother
by Chuck Myrbo
March 25 will be a special day for Hobbit fans — on
that day Frodo finally reached Mount Doom, only to hesitate
when the time came to give up the burden he had borne so
long. But the decision turned out to be not Frodo's but Gollum's,
and not Gollum's so much as Fate's.
For Gollum, who had lived for the Ring, died for it,
destroyed by it as anyone would have been destroyed who did
not have a will strong enough to master it. In dying, however,
he destroyed the Ring — and as the Ring fell, Sauron fell.
The oppression of the Dark Lord had ended, Gondor had
won the War of the Rings, and the King could return to his
throne. Aragorn's coronation signalled the beginning of the
Age of Men and the passing of the Third Age of Middle Earth.
The glory of the elves would diminish, and they would begin to
depart from the Grey Havens to cross the sea.
And as they did so, the traveller in Middle Earth had
reached the end of his journey. Over fifteen hundred pages
had flown by, and he had come to feel at home in a world far
different from his own, and yet very much the same. He had
read about people (and other creatures) so beautiful that he
ached to meet them, and so real that he felt as if he had met
them. He had just read J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings,
perhaps for the first time, and very probably not for the last.
You've seen "Frodo Lives" and "Gandalf for President"
on the desks.You've seen the "Come to Middle Earth" shirts.
And you may have thought that the scribblers and the shirt-wearers
were crazy, or at least putting you on. But if you did,
you were wrong. If they're crazy, it's a crazy they wish every-one
could be, and a crazy you would enjoy yourself.
If you're willing to give the hobbit fans an ear, there are
articles about Tolkien in the Saturday Evening Post, June 2,
1966; Holiday, June, 1966; Esquire, September, 1966; Nation,
May 8, 1967; Life, February 24, 1967; and the New Yorker,
January 15, 1966.
Or better yet, corner a shirt-wearer and ask him, "What's
so great about Middle Earth?" Or even better, find yourself a
copy of The Hobbit and dig in.
Because there is something "so great" about Middle Earth.
I'd pay almost any price for a one-way ticket there, but there
are only two-way tickets. Tolkien's trilogy will be your passage,
but when you reach that last page, your stay is ended. If
dreams were made to order, I'd order a life full of nights in
Middle Earth.
by Karen Rodberg
She lives in "Grand Central Sta-tion,"
is housemother to 23 Bethel
boys and a 7-year old swimming
champ, participates in intercolleg-iate
debate and League of Wo-men
Voters where she is secretary
(because "Christians should be in
politics"), and is working toward
her degree in speech with minors
in Psychology and Sociology. This
is your life, Marg Erickson.
Marg was a student at Bethel for
two years (1958-60) before she was
married to Wayne Erickson. Dur-ing
this time she was active in a
rejuvenated Women's Choir and
was a cheerleader for the Royals.
Her past six summers have been
spent at Camp Warren, a YMCA
camp in northern Minnesota, where
Wayne is director of the food ser-vice
and where Marg can hike, can-oe,
loaf, or swim with her son,
Dave (who's been swimming since
he was three.)
For several years the family liv-ed
in a three-story home in North-field
with Wayne commuting daily
to head Bethel's food service, but
moved to the Cities in 1967 to be-come
houseparents at Falcon Man-or.
Because Marg is happiest when
she's busy, and because she could
not resist the opportunity with
Bethel so close and Dave in school,
she enrolled here a second time.
It was only the beginning of
last year that Marg took her first
speech course (Fundamentals). She
was in several speech tournaments
before the debate-bug bit her, but
now she and Julie Palen represent
Bethel on the varsity level. Her
debate travels have taken her away
every weekend from October to
Thanksgiving and more recently
to Kansas University and to the
Nationals at St. Thomas.
Marg even works in her sleep.
On nights when she is especially
anxious about an oration or debate
she dreams her speech or her evi-dence
cards and can memorize
them this way.
Whenever possible her school
work is restricted to weekdays to
by Barb Jahr
Usually one does not go to the
theater to act, and the mere sug-gestion
of participation is threa-tening
to an average drama audi-ence.
Those who cringe from pub-licly
expressing an experience, or
having a "dirty hippy" whisper
in their ears should be careful not
to attend "A mass for Actors and
Audience on the Passion and Birth
of Dr. John Faustus as Told in the
Spirit of Our Times," playing
through April 4 at the Firehouse
Theater.
I you are accustomed to follow-ing
a "list of program in sequential
order" here you'll have to list your
own. Finally, should you be a lead-ing
role fan who is constantly com-paring
one production with ano-ther—
forget it! There will never
be another like it.
Quite ironically, you may find
yourself congratulating yourself be-cause
you played the lead role, and
so did the entire audience, along
leave the weekends open for her
family.
At the Manor Marg and Wayne
hold to the "open door" policy.
They literally leave their door
open whenever they're home—the
traffic through that place is un-believeable.
Although she a n d
Wayne had planned on living in
a girls' manor Marg says she
wouldn't trade her Falcon boys for
anything.
with the actors. The irony pain-fully
grows as you realize that the
actors are only pretending to be
Faust; but you are in reality the
same man.
Though the production utilizes
the same themes as Goethe and
Marlowe, you'll probably recognize
a minimum of lines from these
original scripts. However, the latest
Beatle's album also is employed in
the lines.
After screaming for two hours
about "knowledgeable man," the
actors stop slapping you long e-nough
to let you react. During the
abatement you must make a per-sonal
decision to begin all over
again, or else to leave the theater.
Do not make a hasty decision.
You may miss a beautiful experi-ence.
Transcendency, Faust is told,
is the secret to life: Transcend
your inhibited tendencies, conquer
that fear which prevents man from
becoming knowledgeable, and par-ticipate.
`Faust' demands participation
Do we harbor criminals?
Willmington plans music career Lawmen nab Bethelites
by Marione Rusche
by Linda Lehman
and Jeff Loomis
Personally believing that no mu-sic
is meaningful which does not
say something to its listeners, Beth-el
senior Edwin Willmington hopes
that each audience member will
gain "something substantial for
himself" from the musical ideas
contained in his original band com-position,
"The Turmoil of Tri-umph,"
when it is given its pre-miere
by the Bethel Concert Band
Friday night.
Ed, a music major with emphases
in conducting and church music,
will direct the band in its per-formance
of his work. He describes
it as "an attempt to depict the
struggle it takes to triumph, what-ever
the cause."
Two conflicting themes, a short
motive for Turmoil, and a four-phased
modal chorale melody for
Triumph, are pitted over and a-gainst
each other in many ways
until eventually Triumph reaches
its forceful victory.
The performance of this piece,
the only one for band among Ed's
20 or so "down-on-paper" composi-tions,
is a sort of prelude to the
recital he will offer this spring
of most of his works. Since his
collection includes compositions for
string quartet, organ, clarinet and
piano, strings and trumpets, piano
alone, and voice, he will call upon
additional campus performers to
interpret some of them, but he
will either conduct or perform most
of them himself. The recital date
has not been finalized.
As the first Bethelite to do a
recital of this type, Ed is simply
reflecting his particular interest
in composing and his future plans
to write music actively while teach-ing
composition in a university.
He has been accepted for graduate
study next year in composition
at the University of Arizona in Tuc-son,
and hopes to proceed as di-rectly
as possible to a doctoral
degree.
"I was singing solos at age 3 or
4 in church," he says when asked
how his musical interests got their
beginning. He started piano lessons
at age 7, enjoying it much but
playing so long (and so loud) that
it got on his parents' nerves.
He was a boy soprano soloist in
the Kenosha, Wisconsin All-City
Boys' Choir, played violin for five
years through junior high school
age, and was assistant conductor
of both his junior high and high
school choirs. In his senior year
at Kenosha, Ed won the National
School Choral Award.
How did he come to Bethel? "By
car!" he answers, noting that the
school was sort of a surprise choice
but one that has reaped some
tangible rewards — including train-ing
that has gained him an uncon-ditional
grad school acceptance.
Of Bethel's music faculty, he
says, "I believe they have been
most helpful, and are dedicated to
help any one, provided that he de-sires
to be helped, which I do."
He has sung in both the Bethel
Male Chorus and Bethel College
Choir, been a section leader and
assistant conductor, and has stud-ied
voice for three years with Mr.
Mogck and organ for one year with
Mrs. Christian. He is also music
director of Trinity Covenant
Church at Robbinsdale.
Other interests include sports.
He loves to watch football and
basketball games — "good games,
that is." A large proportion of
free time is spent, however, writ-ing
music at the piano, in the
tradition he begun when he private-ly
learned, at age 9, conducting
beat patterns from a little music
book of his father's.
As he looks forward to the pres-sures
which will be involved in
reaching successfully his graduate
school goals, Ed counts on divine
help. "I hope God can receive the
glory of it all," he says, adding
"I can't pretend to do it without
Him."
Several prominent members of Bethel's student body recently have
had run-ins with the law, with one member even being sentenced to
serve time in jail.
Confusion regarding specific traffic laws of the cities and suburbs
of Minneapolis and St. Paul has led to complications with the law for
Bethel students with automobiles.
Greg Taylor, student body president, last week received a traffic
ticket but decided to pay the $5.00 fine instead of $4.00 court costs
that would be necessary if a not-guilty plea was entered.
Margie Whaley, Clarion editor, was an unfortunate victim of cir-cumstances
when she got a ticket for not having new license plates and
over-parking. Margie had just been in a car accident and didn't have
ready cash to purchase plates and pay for repairs.
She incurred $5 towing expenses when she was warned by an officer
to move the vehicle from a residential area near Eagle Manor. However,
the law still wasn't satisfied and gave her a ticket. She then had to
pay $7.00 to get her car towed to Bethel's parking lot. Undaunted, Margie
went to Falcon Heights court last Friday night, told the judge about her
difficulties, and got her fine suspended.
Tom Mesaros, a senator, didn't get off so easily. He had received
a ticket for parking in a rush hour no-parking zone which was not
legibly marked. Tom went to court March 11 to plead guilty. The
judge announced a fine of $6.00 and Tom asked if there was an
alternative to the fine. "Yes," the judge replied, "one day in jail. Dis-missed."
Tom's "most interesting experience" last Saturday began with his
checking in to the Ramsey County Jail in downtown St. Paul. He
underwent some routine questioning, was fingerprinted, had all objects
removed from his pockets (even his lifesavers; the guard said they
could have been poison), was stripped of his belt (he might hang
himself), ring (he might swallow it), and books (could contain concealed
weapons).
Tom was fortunate in that he was randomly picked to be a
"trusty." A "trusty" has special privileges, also special duties. In ex-change
for serving food, doing dishes, mopping floors, and cleaning
bars and cells, a trusty has a TV set in his cell, may drink coffee anytime
he wants (the coffee was kept warm by running hot water over it 24
hours a day), and gets better quality and quantity of food.
"The hardest thing to fight in jail was the sheer boredom," Tom
stated. "The jail served absolutely no rehabilitory purpose. The in-mates
had the attitude that if they weren't naughty anymore, they
wouldn't get a spanking," he added.
"All in all, I did get a good deal. I was jailed with some easy-going
guys, got three free meals, and saved $6.00. I highly recommend the
experience — it's very educational," said Tom.
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Team may 'take Christ to the beach' contribute to"Eternity"magazine
by Pat Faxon
It's amazing what one can come
up with while listening to a sermon.
A couple of weeks ago something
their pastor said in his Sunday
morning service inspired Bonnie
Bege and Carolyn Niehouse to the
formation of plans to send an evan-gelizing
team to the beaches of Ft.
Lauderdale, Flordia for Easter Va-cation.
The idea was presented to the
Chapel and Spiritual Concerns
Committee which decided that for
reasons concerning school insur-ance
the venture should not be
sponsored by Bethel College, but
that the school would provide every
encouragement possible.
The idea was precipitated by the
mention of the group of college
students from the Twin Cities area
that would be joining others in an
effort sponsored by Campus Cru-sade
the week before Easter to pre-sent
Christ on the beaches. The
students will attend Bible study
Bethel's Student Minnesota Edu-ciation
Association (SMEA) isn't
generally known as a superstitious
group; but some fortune cookie
messages last weekend weren't
easily passed off.
A bethel delegation — Ron Skon,
Doug Warring, Barb Atkins, Judy
Olsen, Jackie Goodman and Sue
Bomstad—registered last Friday
for the SMEA annual Delegate As-sembly
at the College of St. Cath-erine.
Since they were a little
early, they ventured to a Chinese
restaurant for lunch.
In fun, they took two fortune
cookies to see if they would have
anything to say about Doug War-ring's
candidacy for state office
(executive board member, as chair-man
of the salary committee).
Dougs fortunes read, "Salary raise
and a new position are yours," and
"Courage is what you need most
now."
Warring did get the state office.
In addition, Bethel was represent-
"Lord Jim," a motion picture in
full technicolor, is coming to Beth-el's
Campus and will be shown at
7:30 p.m. Saturday in room 106
of the college building.
The story based on Joseph Con-rad's
book is as great an adven-ture
film as "Bridge on the River
Kwai" or "Lawrence of Arabia."
Two of America's great performers
in 1965, James Mason and Eli Wal-and
training sessions in the morn-ing,
leaving the afternoon free for
mingling with other young people
on the beaches. The culmination
of the evangelistic effort will be
an evening concert on the beach
presented by the New Folk.
Of course, students from Bethel,
having their spring vacation the
week after Easter rather than the
week before, will be unable to par-ticipate.
However, Campus Crusade
has agreed to sponsor a similar
program for Bethel students who
would like to participate in a sim-ilar
effort the week following
Easter, providing there are 20-30
interested students.
According to reports, approxi-mately
15 students have indicated
that they would like to make the
trip. The group plans to spend
April 5-11 in Ft. Lauderdale.
Approximate cost of the venture
includes $35 transportation, $15
food, $10 miscellaneous, and $0-2
ed as Ron Skon was nominated
from the floor for state president,
gave an extemporaneous speech,
and lost by only four votes to
another student who had a planned
campaign and speech for the office.
Delegates from 30 colleges and
university chapters of the SMEA
attended the event.
The student arm of the more-than
- 40,000 - member Minnesota
Education Association discussed
several of the MEA resolutions to
be considered at the 46th annual
MEA Delegate Assembly April 10-
12. Other resolutions included in-crease
in teacher benefits and re-tirement;
more involved prepara-tion
— courses in sensitivity train-ing
and cultural deprivation; bet-ter
facilities for teaching, and in-ternships
to replace student teach-ing.
Warring's position will include
setting up standards for salary
negotiations for prospective teach-ers.
lath, in the most demanding por-trayals
of their careers are joined
by England's Peter O'Toole and
Germany's Curt Jurgens in equally
powerful roles.
An evening of exciting drama
and adventure created by these
dynamic personalities in action is
promised by the senior class which
is sponsoring the showing. Admis-sion
charge will be $1.00 per per-son
or $1.50 per couple.
housing per night. Conference
Baptist Churches in Ft. Lauderdale
area have been contacted concern-ing
housing placement. If, however,
no developments ensue, Campus
Crusade will provide housing for
$2 per night.
Training classes prior to depar-ture
have been arranged for March
26, 27 in Edgren Lounge. Students
who are interested should contact
Bonnie Bege or Carol Niehouse be-fore
traninig sessions
Lindsay sees
inflexibility
(A0P)—Colleges and universities
may be too inflexible and discipline
oriented to respond to the pressing
problems of the day, Mayor John
V. Lindsay of New York told about
1,000 presidents and deans at the
annual meeting of the Association
of American Colleges in Pittsburg,
Pa.
"Poverty, integration, defense,
transportation, space exploration,
economic development, and deter-ioration
of the cities cry out for
creative interdisciplinary think-ing,"
Mr. Lindsay said.
"The university with its depart-mental
structure, seems ill-equip-ped
to respond."
Specifically, Mr. Lindsay propos-ed
colleges and universities de-velop
more programs for high-risk
students. He noted a recent sur-vey
of 215 institutions revealed al-most
half have no such programs
at all.
ebapet
by Pastor Maurice Lawson
Royal Bloom, the oldest teacher
on our faculty (in terms of service!)
will bring the message on Monday.
He yielded his place last week to
Lieutenant McClary.
Harold DeVries, furlough secre-tary
of the Evangelical Alliance
Mission, will speak on Tuesday. Mr.
DeVries will be available for coun-selling
regarding missionary ser-vice
as well. Please make arrrange-ments
with the Pastor if you would
like to talk to him.
The book of Colossians will be
closed on Wednesday with the cam-pus
pastor's message, "Cherish
Your Friends!"
Richard Neale of Camp Forest
Springs, an old friend who is mak-ing
his annual visit, will speak on
Thursday. He will offer opportu-nities
for service and training dur-by
Joanne Joyslyn
Several faculty and administra-tion
members have recently taken
time out from their busy schedules
to write magazine articles.
Dean Virgil Olson has an article
in the February 1969 Eternity mag-azine
entitled "What's the Church
to do Now?" He tells how young
people in our society are challeng-ing
the validity of the Church's
message, its worship and its mis-sion.
They see little evidence that
God is alive in evangelical church-es.
"Penetration, rather than ex-tension,
is the new key word. The
church must find ways of pene-trating
our modern society and es-pecially
the secular city with the
gospel of Jesus Christ."
Donald Larson, professor of lin-guistics
and anthropology, also
authored an article in the February
1969 Eternity magazine which he
has titled "People, Imposters and
Souls."
Professor Larson tells how Chris-tians
too often divide humanity into
three parts. People are those with
whom we worship and pray. Im-posters
are those who claim to be
Christians but by our criteria they
fail to pass the test. Souls are the
millions among whom our profes-sionals
work. They wear strange
or dirty clothes and worship idols.
"Imposters and souls must be ad-mitted
into our hearts and lives
as people, so that the Spirit has
free course to create among us a
unity that does not depend on our
manmade conventions."
ing the summer as well. President
Lundquist will bring the week to
a close with a message on Friday.
Come and sing-along with Willie
Hale, outstanding negro soloist and
director of the Zion Baptist Church
choir, at Catacombs this Sunday at
10 o'clock.
James Johnson, professor of his-tory,
wrote an article in the Janu-ary,
1969 Eternity magazine called
"Church, Government, and Human
Need."
He asks, "Is government too in-volved
meeting the tremendous
needs of society — or are Chris-tians
not involved enough?" At
the beginning of the Twentieth
Century, fundamentalist Protes-tants
were little concerned with
problems in the cities or the need
for social reform. A small group
of Protestant clergymen did, how-ever,
try to find a solution by ap-plying
the gospel to the new social
situations. They wanted to awaken
the churches to the responsibility
for the societal needs around them.
The government has helped the
Christian cause by setting up re-form
movements and providing
financial help, Johnson says. Fortune cookies rightly predict
Warring's state SMEA Position
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Coed 'de-bugs' her own bug
"SNUG-BUG"
"And I thought American cars were complicated," says
Janell Hastings as she inspects the engine of her recently-purchased
Volkswagen, "Snug-Bug" — her third car this school
year.
Candidates speak
strata, in light of prevailing con-science.
The "will of the majority"
does not place a man in authority;
God Himself stirs the hearts of
individuals to even frequent the
polls: "A man's heart deviseth his
way: but the Lord directeth his
steps."
I reassert that my first responsi-bility
shall always be to God, in
Christ, and the principles of His
written Word. Instead of decrying
responsibility to God's people, this
enhances it. I therefore unequivo-cably
stand for the open Bible in
student government. Christian pol-itics
is nothing new to me; the
final decision is up to you.
DAVE SHUPE
I can sense at Bethel the begin-ning
of a spirit of positive change;
I see from the students an increas-ed
interest in involvement; from
the faculty, encouragement; and
from the administration, openness.
Suddenly Bethel may be one of
the more progressive Twin City
colleges, at least in terms of per-centage
of change. In the light of
this, I stress two general points.
First, it is both right and neces-sary
for students to take an active
part in decision-making at Bethel.
At this point I am a strong advo-cate
of "Student Power."
Secondly, I feel that this change
is best accomplished through co-operation.
Neither petty gripes nor
a negative attitude can effect
worthwhile change; a general
"thumbs-up" attitude toward Beth-el,
coupled with strong construc-tive
criticism, can.
The primary function of the
President, beyond strictly constitu-tional
duties, is to establish trust,
from page 2
confidence, and open personal dis-cussion.
To expand: 1) The President
must have the confidence of "the
powers that be" and spend many
hours in discussions with them. I
have done this this year as Vice-
President. 2) The President must
be open to and personally concern-ed
with the opinions of each indi-vidual
student. I am. 3) The Presi-dent
needs close contact with stu-dent
leaders of other colleges. I
am acquainted with student lead-ers
of nearly all Twin City colleges
and the University.
Specific proposals I have include:
1) revision of the 26-74 financial
breakdown between college a n d
seminary, 2) general relaxation of
social rules, 3) constant review of
new campus plans, 4) establishment
of a legal aid service for students,
and 5) increasingly strong contacts
with other colleges.
I feel I can bring to the office
the experience, the time, the con-tacts,
the seriousness, and the posi-tive
attitude neded at the present
time.
Bethel sent its track team to
Superoir State in Superior, Wis-consin
last Saturday and they came
back with a 57-34 loss. Unimpres-sive
as it may sound, this first reg-ular
season meet again showed a
lot of promise for the season. The
thinclads came back with four new
records under their belt and one
freshman record.
Bob Olson only took third in the
shot put but had a long enough
toss to give him the school record.
His throw of 44'8 1/4" would have
been long enough to tie for first
last week. All indications would
point to bettering that mark as
the season progresses.
Dave Pound ran a blistering
1:18.5 in the 600-yard dash to win
first place honors and the school
record. In the 40-yard high hur-dles,
Fritz Fredeen and Andy Leh-by
Marie Watson
In learning to economize and
live on her student's budget, Janell
Hastings, a Bethel junior, has as-sumed
the job of "master mechan-ic"
on her own cars. Her room-mates
and friends are never shock-ed
to view Janell deeply engrossed
in the task of repairing a radiator
hose or inspecting a malfunction-ing
engine as she has faithfully
doctored her three jalopies this
year.
Janell started this school year
with a 1952 Plymouth, "Cock-roach,"
which had the distinction of
specializing in unique problems.
She found this out last summer
when she had to drive it each day
from Minnetonka to the Bethel
College Library to work.
It was a really "hot" car, in-cluding
the brakes, which over-heated
so much that the brake
lights would go on. She had to
stop every ten miles to let the
brakes cool awhile before starting
another ten-mile trek.
When her faithful Plymouth re-fused
to start without a push she
deserted it for a nice-looking 1958
Chevrolet, "The Blue Max."
A big car, it ran smoothly and
looked even better. But she sus-picioned
foul play when she found
a worn orange sign in the trunk,
reading "Car Stalled . .. Please
Help!" After another round of
"learning experiences" with the
Chevrolet, Janell switched to a
Volkswagen which has earned the
name "Snug Bug" and kept up a
good reputation.
Aside from her avocation of
working with cars, she has had an
interesting television "career." She
man chalked up times of 5.6 in
the trials. It was enough to get
them into the finals and give them
a share of the school record.
Rick Berggren took first place
in the 100-yard run and was fol-lowed
in third by Phil James.
James' time of 2:40.1 gave him the
freshman record.
Dave Pearson went down a ways
from his performance last week,
but still had no trouble in taking
first place in the high jump.
Dwight Carlson took first in the
mile run and second in the two-mile
event.
After two more meets, the team
will pack up for a trip over Easter
vacation that will begin in Manka-to.
The highlight of the trip should
be the meet against Bethel at
North Newton, Kansas.
worked for WTCN channel 11 in
the Twin Cities. She was the assis-tant
on a weekly educational sci-ence
program for grade school
children, -Exploring Nature."
There was no script or preplanning
except for a topic of study, such
as reptiles, being stated several
weeks in advance of filming each
program. Janell made 35 appear-ances
in this program in a series
when she was 14-15 years old.
Bob Duerr, a keeper at Como
Zoo, headed the program each
week. The Zoo gave him the use
of many types of animals for stud-ying.
Track
Superior 57 Bethel 34
Shot Put: 1) Superior 53'10"
2) Superior 3) Olsen 44'8 1/4
High Jump: 1) Pearson 5'10"
2) Superior 3) Gulian 5'6"
Mile Run: 1) Carlson 4:51.1
2)Superior 3) Superior
40 yd Dash: 1) Pound 1:18.5*
2) Superior 3) Superior
40 yd. H.H.: 1) Superior 5.5
2) Lehman 5.6 3) Fredeen 5.7**
2 mile Run: 1) Superior 10:45
2) Carlson 10:45.5 3) Superior
1000 yd. Dash: 1) Berggren 2:29.2
2) Superior 3) James 2:40.1***
An interesting experience, Janell
relates the time she tickled the
"tummy" of an alligator until it
went to sleep.
This opportunity came to Janell
partly because her father is in
the television business. He was on
WCCO channel 4 in the Twin Cities
RS "Johnny 44," a cowboy, and
"Rocko Dyne," a space explorer.
Formerly an Operations Director
of WCCO, he is now an announcer
and newscaster for WPBC radio.
An elementary education major
and an honor student, Janell plans
to pursue her master's degree and
teach on the college level after
gaining teaching experience on the
5-6 grade elementary level.
1) Superior 5.2
5.3* 3) Superior
1) Superior 2:30.7
2) Bethel 2:35.8
1) Superior 4:00.3
2) Bethel 4:02.7
*New Bethel Record
**Lehman and Fredeen tied for
new record. Fredeen's record
time came in the trial heat.
***New Bethel freshman record
Thinclads drop meet break record
scores
40 yd. L.H.:
2) Fredeen
8 lap relay:
12 lap relay
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the CLARION
Thursday, March 20, 1969
HARD WORK
has been the story of Dave Pearson, senior from Connecticut, who broke his own school
high jump record with a leap of 6 feet 1 inch.
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by Frosty Peterson
Dave Pearson, co-captain of the Bethel track team,
began the final season of his college track career
in great style by breaking the Bethel high-jump record
early this season.
His record jump of 6'1" occured in the first meet
of the season at Macalester College against their B-squad.
The old record of 6'0" was set by Dave in his
first season as a freshman. Thus far this season, he
has captured two first places, the record jump at Ma-calester
being one and the other, a 5'10" jump at
Superior State.
As a co-captain along with Dave Pound, he will
help to lead the Bethel track team to what is hoped
will be another successful season. Assuming that noth-ing
unfortunate happens, Dave will have lettered all
four years in Bethel track at the close of this season.
He is a valuable asset to the team, consistently
performing in two other events, the triple and the
long jump, as well as the high-jump. Having par-ticipated
in these events in high-school competition,
Dave was an asset to the team right from the start.
When asked about the situation of the team as a
whole, he said, "we're hurting for sprinters, but we
have more depth in the other areas." The team has
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by Wally Borner
It was disgusting. In fact, it was downright frustrating.
The Faculty has no regard for the morale of the students
whatsoever.They just pour on the humiliation. They could have
acted like sophisticated college professors, but no; they had to
beat us students at our own game. There ought to be a law
against them leaving their station.
The whole deal has been the fault of the one Dr. Pastor Al
Glenn. Instead of counseling or instructing us, he intimidates
us. I think he's been plotting the upheaval all year because he
started his tactics way last fall. It's simply ridiculous to trade
in the sheepskin for the pigskin.
Well, anyway, things were at a fever pitch. They were
having trouble getting their revolutionary cohorts together.
And to think that I went and suggested to Dr. Gym Rodgers
that he contact Eddie Thomas.
But there it was. The showdown between the faculty and
us off-campus students. We were both tied at number two and
thus both had to try harder. So the basketball game between
Faculty and Off Campus got to a start.
We started off quite cold and the old men got off to a 9-3
lead. However, we chipped away and kept it close for the whole
game. We even took the lead on a couple occasions.
But our downfall was that maestro of the court, Eddie
Thomas. Somehow he scaled our defense and showed that his
real forte is scoring points. His smooth movements toward
the basket was like a subtle glissando with no one really
noting where he was. For an encore, he displayed defensive
virtuosity.
Another place where the Faculty tended to dominate
was on the boards. It would not be much of an admission to
say that Bob Crandall registered many key rebounds. And then
adding Crandall's 11 points to Mr. Thomas' 19, they had a
good one-two punch.
Dr. Rodgers is an acidic competitor. He never gives up.
He very obviously has a solid base of experience and his wit
usually adds a bit of sodium chloride to the game. Gene Peter-son
must have calculated that he could help the team because
he added on eight points.
But then, as I said, the mastermind behind the whole plot
was Dr. Glenn. And he cinched the game. I fouled him to stop
the clock and get the ball back, but those biased referees
called an intentional foul. Going to the gift line with two
chances, he sunk both of them. We didn't have a prayer. We
were down by three with only five seconds left and Tom took
the ball and drove in for a lay up. I'm sure somebody on the
faculty must have fouled him but the refs didn't see it.
Well, you give the faculty an inch and they take a mile.
That's about what they did at the free throw line. Out of
eleven chances, they sunk ten. That must be some kind of
record. And they won without the services of Bill Carlson, one
of their fast rising stars.
The whole thing taught us humble undergraduates one
thing: never trust anyone over 30. And Mr. Peterson and Mr.
Crandall give proof that those younger ones who associate
with the old(er) men are just as suspect.
I-M Scoreboard
"A" League March 17
Faculty 58; 3rd New 54 O.T.
Falcon 78; New Dorm 50
First Floor 60; 3rd Old 33
Off Campus 85; Pit 62
2nd Old 64; 2nd New 49
"B" League March 15
First Floor 72; 2nd Old 28
Off Campus 51; 3rd New 46
Intramural Standings
"A" League "B" League
First Floor 7-0 First Floor 6-0
Second Old 6-1 Pit 5-1
Falcon 5-2 Faculty 4-2
Third Old 4-3 New Dorm 4-2
New Dorm 4-3 Off Campus 4-2
Faculty 3-4 Second New 3-3
Off Campus 3-4 Second Old 2-4
Second New 2-5 Falcon 1-5
Pit 1-6 Third Old 1-5
Third New 0-7 Third New 0-6
been working out for several weeks now, but all of the
early meets take place indoors.
Because the sprints, such as the hundred-yard
dash and the two-twenty, are held only outdoors, the
need for sprinters has not been immediate. From now
on, however, these events will be included as the
meets will be held outdoors.
In the past few seasons, Bethel has been strong
in track, and this season should be no different. There
are many returning lettermen and several promising
freshmen. Under the leadership of co-captain Dave
Pearson, Bethel track looks for another successful
season.
SPORTS CALENDAR
March 20-27
20, 21, 22 Minnesota State Basketball Tournament
21 Basketball, Pipers at Kentucky
21 Track, Bethel at St. Olaf frosh and Pillsbury
22 Basketball, Pipers vs. New Orleans
22 Hockey, North Stars vs. Philadelphia 1:35
23 Basketball, Pipers at Indiana
23 Hockey, North Stars at Pittsburgh TV 6:00
25 Basketball, Pipers vs. New York
25 Hockey, North Stars vs. Pittsburgh 8:05
26 Track, Bethel at Stout
27 Basketball, Pipers at New York